February 2013

Cheddar Onion Beer Bread

February 27, 2013 Appetizers & Snacks
Cheddar Onion Beer Bread -- Juggling With Julia

There is something about hunkering down for bad weather that makes me want to cook and bake. Saturday afternoon we were hunkered down for the storm that never came (in my zip code, anyway, it was just a pretty snowfall that didn’t stick much). On a baking kick, I excitedly paged through screen after screen [...]

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Spaghetti Squash with Turkey Meatballs and Sauce

February 25, 2013 Meatballls
Turkey Meatballs with Sauce on Spaghetti Squash -- Juggling With Julia

Spaghetti squash. I’m still amazed that my kids all like this unusual-looking vegetable. Packed with vitamin C, niacin, potassium, and fiber, and such a pretty yellow color, I am psyched every time they eat it. However, I learned when they were younger that, just because they like something today, there’s no guarantee they’ll like 2 months from now. So we [...]

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Roasted Turkey Sausage with Potatoes, Peppers, and Onions

February 20, 2013 One-dish meal
Roasted Turkey Sausage with Peppers, Potatoes, and Onions -- Juggling With Julia

“Oh my gosh, that looks awesome. I’m not even kidding.” That from my 11-year-old as he gazed upon this dish waiting for its turn in the oven. Destined for greatness, this was. I’m a huge fan of Italian sausage, and use the leaner turkey version frequently in a quick stove-top sausage-n-pepper thing that the whole family adores. [...]

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Coconut Curried Pork

February 18, 2013 Blogging
Scrap Ugly

I have said more than once that blogging is a lot like scrapbooking. You have a story to tell, and you do it with words and pictures. In my circle of scrapbooking friends, affectionately known as the Scrap Chicks, it is a huge benefit that we often look at each other’s projects and give our opinions. Why [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon

February 13, 2013 Bacon
Roasted Buttermut Squash Soup with Bacon -- Juggling With Julia

Have I ever told you all how great you are? You’ve stuck with me all this time! It’s amazing, really, that you come for (mostly) healthy recipes, and yet there are times that I forget I’m a dietitian, subject you to my Seuss-like food poetry, do weird things to bacon, and require you to read [...]

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Lowfat Apple Cinnamon Cake, a Scrapbook, and a Half Birthday

February 11, 2013 Birthdays
Blizzard of 2013 -- Juggling With Julia

The Blizzard of 2013. With meteorologists predicting a major storm to rival that of the blizzard of ’78, schools were canceled for Friday and it looked like we were to be snowed in for the weekend. Like many New Englanders, I took the opportunity to hunker down and nest like crazy. There was cleaning, there [...]

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Ham and Broccoli Mac ‘n Cheese

February 7, 2013 Broccoli
Ham and Broccoli Mac

Homemade Mac ‘n cheese. It’s simply the best — creamy, savory, warm and filling, and oh so cheesy. What’s not to love? And the types of Mac ‘n cheese? The question is what CAN’T you do to Mac ‘n cheese? Lobster mac at the The Loft is famous locally, with an adoring fan following and a thumbs up [...]

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Peanut Butter Chip Banana Bread

February 6, 2013 Bananas
Peanut Butter Chip Banana Bread -- Juggling With Julia

My favorite banana bread recipe just got morphed in a delightful new way. Peanut butter chips! One of my fave snacks is a banana with a big ol’ smear of peanut butter on it. Now imagine little bursts of peanut butter flavor speckled throughout what is already the moistest, densest and bestest banana bread in all the land. [...]

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